BBYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST BABA ETF
Synthetic covered call on BABA, paying weekly
Since its launch on Oct 21, 2025, BBYY paid 45.1% in cash and finished 3.5 points ahead of BABA.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, BBYY returned −27.9% with distributions reinvested and Alibaba (BABA) returned −31.4%, so a holder came out ahead of it by 3.5 points. The lighter segment is the 45.1% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | BABA | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 11.3% | −13.3% | −2.1% | +5.7% | −7.8 pts |
| 6 months | 24.2% | −34.6% | −12.3% | −6.6% | −5.7 pts |
| Since launch | 45.1% | −64.2% | −27.9% | −31.4% | +3.5 pts |
When BBYY pays
BBYY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.069 a share, which went ex on Sep 18, 2026 and was paid on Sep 22, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 25, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 | $0.069 | ETFIQ projection |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for BBYY (13, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $0.069 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.0681 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.0857 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.0909 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.0929 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.0901 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.0928 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.0943 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $0.0936 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $0.0922 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.0951 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | $0.0919 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.0955 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Oct 21, 2025, BBYY has returned −27.9% with distributions reinvested, against −31.4% for Alibaba (BABA), and has paid out 45.1% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 40.6%. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Alibaba (BABA) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 17, 2026) | $619,352 |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 40.6% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Oct 24, 2025) | 1.07% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 126.2% |
| Launched | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (GraniteShares 19a-1 estimate) | 95.5% |
| Pays | weekly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 7 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 4 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.069 ex Sep 18, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $1.0568 |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much has BBYY paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 21, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, BBYY paid 45.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 64.2%.
- Is BBYY ahead of BABA?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 21, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, BBYY returned −27.9% against −31.4% for Alibaba (BABA), so a holder was ahead of it by 3.5 points.
- How often does BBYY pay, and how much?
- BBYY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 40.6% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the BBYY distribution return of capital?
- GraniteShares estimates 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does BBYY next pay a distribution?
- BBYY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 18, 2026 at $0.069 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 25, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 4 days.
- What does BBYY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.
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